Holdback and short hitch.



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GEORGE T. BOUSLOG, OF WINAMAC, INDIANA.

HOLDBACK AND SHORT HITCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,720, dated December 11, 1900.

Application ledApri19, 1900. Serial No. 12,108. (No model.)

T0 all wwm it may UOMWW d is connected with the plate c by means of Beit known that I, GEORGE T. BOUSLOG, a, thumb-screws e, which are mounted to turn citizen of the United Stat-es, and a resident of in the plate c, respectively at the ends there- 45 lvinamac, in the county of Pulaski and State of, and which are threaded into the ends of 5 ofIndiana,haveinventeda new and Improved the keeper d. By manipulating these screws Holdback and Short Hitch, of which the folthe keeper may be engaged or disengaged lowing is a full, clear, and exact description. with and from the teeth a3, and thus the plate This invention relates to an attachment for c may be rendered movable or fast, as de- 5o vehicle-thills by which to facilitate the consired. By this arrangement the plate c may 1o nection of the holdback-strap therewith; and be readily adjusted to any convenient posiit comprises certain novel constructions protion and held securely in the same. viding a durable and easily-operated device Having thus described my invention, I which may be adjusted at will to suit the conclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters 55 ditions of its use. Patent j i; This specification is the disclosure of one .1. The combination of a bar or body poriorm of the invention, While the claims deiine tion with an undercut groove therein, the inthe actual scope thereof. ner Walls of the overhanging portions of said Reference is to be had to the accompanying groove having ratchet-teeth thereon, a ratch- 6o drawings, forming a part of this specilication, eted keeper mounted to slidein the groove and 2,0 in which similar characters of reference indihaving teeth engaging the teeth of the bar, cate corresponding parts in all the views. a holdback mounted on the baror body, and

Figure lis a perspective View of the device. means connecting the keeper with the hold- Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the device back,such means serving to engage the keeper 65 applied toathill, and Fig. 3 isa cross-section with the ratcheted walls of the groove in the z; on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. bar or body, to adjustably secure the hold- The device comprises a bar ct, which is fasback-plate. tened to the thill b of a vehicle by screws or 2. The combination of a bar or body with other devices, as shown, and which is proan undercut groove therein, a keeper slid- 7o vided at its front end with a hook a', adaptably mounted in the groove, a holdback 3o ed to be connected with the tug-strap or mounted on the bar or body adjacent to the traces of a harness, making a short hitch. groove, and means extending between the The bar o, is formed with a longitudinallyholdback and the keeper to engage the holddisposed undercut a2 therein, the under faces back with the inner walls of the undercut 75 of the overhanging portions of which are groove,whereloy adjustably to fasten the hold- 33 formed with ratchet-teeth d3. Slidable on the back on the bar or body.

bar a is a plate o, provided with a bail c', In testimony whereof I have signed my with which the holdback may be connected. name to this specilication in the presence of The plate c is held at the desired adjustmentA two subscribing witnesses. by means of a toothedkeeper-plate d, which GEORGE T. BOUSLOG. 4o is fitted to slide in the groove a2 of the bar a Witnesses:

j and adapted to be locked in engagement with FRANK P. WADE,

the ratchet-teeth a3, as shown. The keeper MAE CASPER. 

